Animal urine specimen collector

Abstract

The invention is a device that facilitates the collection of urine and other such specimens from animals for the purpose of testing. It features a pod for collecting and holding the waste, a handle for manipulating the pod during testing, a base for resting the pod while testing is being performed, and a light source for illumination of the animal's waste emitting regions as well as the collection pod during the testing.

1. An animal urine specimen collector comprising:
 an elongated handle; 
 a storage loop fixedly attached to said elongated handle; 
 a plastic collection pod fixedly attached to said elongated handle wherein said collection pod comprises an uncovered opening such that the collection pod is fixedly and permanently open to the environment surrounding the animal urine specimen collector and wherein said collection pod further comprises a top rim disposed at the top of the collection pod, a circular side wall sloping downward from the top rim in a generally hemispherical geometry, and a bottom pan that continues sloping from the circular side wall to form a concave collection point at the lowest portion of the collection pod; 
 a directed illumination spot lamp protruding just above the plane of the elongated handle, fixedly attached to said elongated handle, and further comprising a red color light source projecting a red color circular spot several times larger than the diameter of the top rim of said collection pod, a battery, and an actuation switch operating from an off position where no light is emitted to an on position where light is emitted; and 
 a level base fixedly attached to said collection pod that is circular in shape and has a flat and level lower surface defined in a single plane located below the lowest projection of said collection pod. 
 
   
   
     2. An animal urine specimen collector comprising:
 an elongated handle; 
 a storage loop fixedly attached to said elongated handle; 
 a metal collection pod fixedly attached to said elongated handle wherein said collection pod comprises an uncovered opening such that the collection pod is fixedly and permanently open to the environment surrounding the animal urine specimen collector and wherein said collection pod further comprises a top rim disposed at the top of the collection pod, a circular side wall sloping downward from the top rim in a generally hemispherical geometry, and a bottom pan that continues sloping from the circular side wall to form a concave collection point at the lowest portion of the collection pod; 
 a directed illumination spot lamp protruding just above the plane of the elongated handle, fixedly attached to said elongated handle, and further comprising a red color light source projecting a red color circular spot several times larger than the diameter of the top rim of said collection pod, a rechargeable battery, and an actuation switch operating from an off position where no light is emitted to an on position where light is emitted; and 
 a level base fixedly attached to said collection pod that is circular in shape and has a flat and level lower surface defined in a single plane located below the lowest projection of said collection pod.